STANDING STRONG FOR 1,396 DAYS — THE FIGHT'S NOT OVER YET MAY 9-15, 1999 THE DETROIT VOL. 4 NO. 25 75 CENTS S u n d a yIo u r n a l PUBLISHED BY LOCKED-OUT ETROIT NEWSPAPER WORKERS ©TDSJ NEWS What are they thinking? Nearly four years into the labor dispute, Detroit’s dailies are paying an even higher price for their uncon­ ventional way of doing busi­ ness. Page 4. While new circulation fig­ ures were being chewed over, Gannett shareholders were hearing from members of the religious community and locked-out workers. Page 3. ENTERTAINMENT Beaufort Cranford makes a plea for tree-filled parks; # unlike fences, they really do make good neighbors. Page 9. Protestors mock Al Gore's environmental record during the vice president's SPORTS appearance Tuesday at Cobo Center. The demonstrators claim the Clinton-Gore Logged off administration is overseeing “the wholesale devastation of the natural world for Tiger rookie pitching sensa­ the profit of a few corporate scumbags.'' For more on Gore’s visit, see Page 3. tion Jeff Weaver will be a big part of the team’s future. And the team is taking mea­ sures to keep him sound. Page 26. Bragging rites INDEX Classifieds Page 22 British folk-rocker links m Crossword Page 23 ritish-born folk-rock singeronly the initials of the union, but lines.they Between songs, he often talks to his Entertainment Page 8 Billy Bragg is a firm believer might also pick up a union leaflet, or in using music to introducebuy a a union T-shirt,” he says. “It’saudience a about local labor struggles, Movie Guide Page 10 new generation to the laborsoft approach to introduce unionsas to he a did at the annual Laborfest in Bmovement, much like broaderWoody audience.” While theDetroit on Labor Day and a few Opinion Page 7 Guthrie’s music did 60 years ago. approach may be soft, the music, monthsof later in Ann Arbor during a Sports Page 28 Union-sponsored rock concerts•course, are may not be. Some of Bragg’sstop on his nationwide tour. At the near the top qf his list. “Young peopletunes are a far cry from the style ofrequest of Woody Guthrie’s daughter, Television Page 11 may leave a concert rememberingmusic traditionally played on picket See BRAGG, Page 4 MAY 9, 1999 PAGE 11 W i Lions ’ roar comes from two sitcoms ast week “Noah’s Ark” saved (TV) life as we know it by dominating the May sweeps ratings weekend. But Noah — you know him better as Jon Voight — apparently failed to corral one important species: the unicorn. LToo bad. As this week’s sweeps extravaganza proves, that beast can be a killer. Meanwhile, in the “Sports Imitates Reel Life” department, Detroit Lions wide receiver Johnnie Morton runs a down and out on “Moesha” (8 p.m. Tuesday, UPN/Channel 50), while former Lions quarterback Rodney Peete, now the problem — uh, property — of the Philadelphia Eagles, plays opposite his wife, Holly Robinson Peete, on an episode of “For Your Love” (9:30 p.m. Thursday, the WB/Channel 20). Everybody go long. ■ “Touched by this gentle, charm­ An Angel,” 8 ing made-for-TV NBC tonight, CBS Jim movie, CBS should Holly Maddux (Naomi W atts), above, (Channel 62 in be singing, “To Sid, wasn’t the first person to fall under the Detroit) — May is McFa r l in With Love.” Sidney spell of ’6 0 s activist Ira Einhorn (Kevin Black History Poitier joins fellow Anderson) but his influence on her was Month on CBS’s Highlights Academy Award- deadly. Their story is chronicled in most popular mv-MmmmmMmwmwmwmmm winner Dianne “The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer,” drama. Last Wiest for this rare tonight and Monday on Channel 4. Sunday, Monica was black like guesttelevision appearance, taking on a Meanwhile, Sidney Poitier, right, lends star Rosa Parks; this week, role oddly reminiscent of his Oscar- his considerable talents to “The Simple Muhammad Ali floats in like a but­ winning performance in “Lilies of the Life of Noah Dearborn,” tonight on terfly to give a troubled 11-year-old Field” as Noah, a spry and spiritual Channel 62. boy a lesson about the one thing in91-year-old carpenter who stubborn­ life that truly is The Greatest. ly refuses to sell his farm to hoggish audiences to star as Pip in this ■ “Why Dogs Smile and land developers. The plot may be moody, new, two-night adaptation of Chimpanzees Cry,”8 tonight, the transparent, but Poitier gives the Dickens classic, transformed Discovery Channel — How can any Dearborn heights. from a mistreated blacksmith’s animal lover resist a special with a ■ “Great Expectations,”9 tonight apprentice to a London gentleman mmmmm w'3 title like this? An overly meticulous and Monday (repeated at midnight thanks to a mysterious benefactor. two-hour study of creature features Monday and 1 a.m. Tuesday), PBS Charlotte Rampling and Ian and behavior, narrated by the “alien”(Channel 56 in Detroit) — If you McDiarmid also star in the CBS of the group, Sigourney Weaver. were as captivated as I was by the “Masterpiece Theatre” production. grows so jealous of another shame­ ■ “The Hunt for the Unicorn sophistication and camera presence ■ “History’s Greatest Hoaxes,” less huckster’s “Piltdown Man” in Killer,” 9 tonight and Monday, NBC of young loan Gruffudd in the recent8 p.m. Monday-Friday, the History 1912 that he invents a missing-link (Channel 4 in Detroit) — In the “Horatio Hornblower” movie series Channel — Adolf Hitler’s secret discovery of his own. Oh, the things world beyond television, a French on A&E, ah, there’s good news diaries spark an international bid­ men do for attention. The History court recently ruled that the real Ira tonight. Gruffudd is back before U.S.ding war. One shameless huckster E inhorn could be extradited to the Channel selects the five greatest United States to face murder scams of all time, also featuring such charges for the 1977 death of his JIMMY MACK’S MAGNIFICENT MOVIE MENU notables as Howard Hughes and the girlfriend, Holly Maddux — a turn of Cardiff Giant, in these five contem­ events that could draw a larger view- plative hour documentaries. ership for this chilling, absorbing “Beverly Hills Cop,”2 “Royal Wedding,”10 p.m. ■ “The Nanny,”8 p.m. Wednesday, two-part miniseries. Kevin Anderson, today, Channel 50;“The Monday, Turner Classic Movies; CBS — For anyone who remembers who carved a niche for himself in TV Petrified Forest,”4 today, “The Mummy,”3 p.m. Tuesday, that “The Nanny” is still on, now it’s history as the soul-searching priest Turner Classic Movies; Sci-Fi Channel;“Who’s Afraid going off. Fran Drescher’s sassy sit­ Father Ray in the short-lived ABC “Flubber,”7 tonight, of Virginia Woolf?”10 a.m. com ends its six-season run with an series “Nothing Sacred,” stars as ABC/Channel 7;“Dirty Wednesday, AMC;“The hour-long finale that finds Fran Einhorn, the charismatic ’60s hippie Dancing,”7 and 11:10 tonight, Philadelphia Story,”10 p.m. going through wild mood swings activist turned cunning fugitive. 'Ibm TBS; “It Happened One Wednesday, Turner Classic entering her final weeks of pregnancy Skerritt recovers from his headache Night,”9:15 a.m. Monday, Movies;“The Rock,”8 p.m. (hey, maybe she gets real quiet!) pain long enough to play Einhorn’s Cinemax;“Shaft,” 8 p.m. Thursday, ABC/Channel 7; while — wonder of wonders — Niles adversary, Holly’s grief-driven, unfor­ Monday, Channel 38, and 5:05 “Key Largo,”9 p.m. Friday the butler (Daniel Davis) proposes to giving father. a.m. Wednesday, Cinemax; and 1 a.m. Saturday, Channel his sworn enemy, Cece Babcock ■ “The Simple Life of Noah “Hello, Dolly!”8 p.m. Monday 56;“The Little Foxes,”12:15 (Lauren Lane). Steve Lawrence and Dearborn,”9 tonight, CBS — For and 3 a.m. Tuesday, AMC; a.m. Saturday, AMC. 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